Characterization and Fate of Gun and Rocket Propellant Residues on Testing and Training Ranges: Interim Report 1

The objectives of the research described in this report are to characterize the deposition and accumulation of propellant residues at the various types of firing points at military firing ranges, develop process descriptors to allow estimation of environmental transport rates of individual energetic...

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Main Authors: Jenkins, Thomas F, Pennington, Judith C, Ampleman, Guy, Thiboutot, Sonia, Walsh, Michael R, Diaz, Emmanuela, Dontsova, Katerina M, Hewitt, Alan D, Walsh, Marianne E, Bigl, Susan R, Taylor, Susan, MacMillan, Denise K, Clausen, Jay L, Lambert, Dennis, Perron, Nancy M, Lapointe, Marie C, Brochu, Sylvie, Brassard, Marc, Stowe, Rob, Farinaccio, Roccio
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
105-MM MORTARS
60-MM MORTARS
81-MM MORTARS
AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE
ANTITANK WEAPONS
ARTILLERY
CHEMICALS
DEPOSITION
DINITROTOLUENE
DNT
ENERGETIC CHEMISTRY
ENERGETIC PROPERTIES
ENERGETICS
GROUND WATER
Guns
Inorganic Chemistry
LYSIMETERS
MILITARY FACILITIES
MORTARS
NITROGLYCERIN
NITROGUANIDINE
PHENYLAMINES
RANGES(FACILITIES)
RESIDUES
Rocket Propellants
ROCKETS
SERDP COLLECTION
SERDP(STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM)
SMALL ARMS
SOIL TESTS
Solid Wastes Pollution and Control
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
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Summary:The objectives of the research described in this report are to characterize the deposition and accumulation of propellant residues at the various types of firing points at military firing ranges, develop process descriptors to allow estimation of environmental transport rates of individual energetic chemicals from these residues, and collect lysimeter and groundwater monitoring well samples to experimentally assess off-site transport of residues. Estimates of residue deposition are presented for the firing of 60- and 81-mm mortars and 105-mm howitzers. Experimental results are provided for propellant residue accumulation at antitank rocket, mortar, artillery, and small arms ranges at several installations. Results from soil column experiments on the transport of nitroglycerin, nitroguanidine, and diphenylamine also are presented with resulting transport property estimates. Also, an experiment to assess the deposition of ammonium perchlorate from Mk58 rocket motors is described. The original document contains color images.